Part 11 (1/2)

”On'y want our cow”

”Then take her, sir, and go!”

”Have a drop ofhis back ”Perhaps Mr Raystoke here ht like a little Can youhis head ”He can Here, Jemmy, take hold of the painter and come aboard”

”Stop!” cried the lieutenant, ”you must not speak like that You must ask leave, sir”

”Ask who?” said Ram, vacantly

”Touch your cap, and ask the lieutenant to let you”

”Why, I have touched it twice Want me to pull my hair off? I say, skipper, if you'll let him come aboard--oh! He is aboard now,”--for Jeive me a clean pail”

The little commander of the cutter tried to look i disciplinarian the next s, as Jemmy Dadd took the bucket handed to him, turned another up beside the side of the cow, and as he was sitting down, Dirty dick dug his elbows into his ht and left, whispered ”Look out! And over he goes” Then he drew in a long breath, ready for a roar of laughter when the bucket went flying, and stood staring waiting to explode

But, to dick's great disappointently round, so as to give Jeular intervals there was a whishi+ng noise, then another whishi+ng noise half a tone lower, then _whish_--_whosh_--_whish_--_whosh_, two streaan to pour into the bucket, whose bottoan to appear on the top

”I say!” cried dick eagerly, ”shall I lash her legs?”

”What for?” growled Jemmy

”'Cause she'll kick it over directly”

”Not she You wouldn't kick it over, would you, Tally, old cow?”

The coaved her tail and whisked it about the ht of the an to see biscuit and milk in prospect, while the two officers, ere none the less eager for a draught as a change from their miserable ordinary fare, veiled their expectations under a severe aspect of i back at last--while dick seeony, lest a kick should upset the soft white contents of the bucket--”More'n a gallon this time How enerously; ”they deserve it for saving the cow

I say, you,” he continued, turning to Archy, ”what do you say to her now?”

”Thank you,” replied Archy ”Here, dick, take that bucket aft, and you, et the cow overboard”

”Thank ye, sir,” said Ra ”I say, Jemmy, she'd stand in the boat, wouldn't she? Or would she put her feet through?”

”Let's try,” was the laconic reply, and taking hold of the rope that had been used as a halter, the man stepped down into the boat, the cow, after a little coaxing, following, without putting her feet through, and showing great activity for so clu a beast Ram followed, and took one of the oars, settled down behind Jemmy, and the nextat the side, they began to row shoreward

”How about the tide, Je a fewplacidly in the boat